Module 4: Start here for the week!

  • Due Jan 28, 2025 at 11:59pm
  • Points _
  • Questions 1
  • Time Limit None

Instructions

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null Module Introduction

Welcome to Module 4 in SPED 470 Special Education Assessment! In this fourth module, we will learn how to select assessment tools to promote fair assessment. Specifically, you will learn about the importance of assessment tools' reliability and validity and the various test scores produced from norm-referenced tests. You will also learn to about early reading and reading CBM. 

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null Module Objectives 

At the end of this module, students will be able to:

  1. Provide examples of core criteria for the selection of assessment tools. (CO 1)
  2. Discuss major concepts when evaluating different types of measurement. (CO 1)
  3. Distinguish between and evaluate reliability and validity when selecting tools for assessment. (CO 1)
  4. Describe types of test scores and other assessment results. (CO 4)
  5. Describe issues, problems, and opportunities that educators might encounter while promoting nonbiased assessment. (CO 3, 4)
  6. Describe how to administer, score, and interpret early reading CBMs. (CO 3, 4)
  7. Describe how to administer, score, and interpret reading CBMs. (CO 3, 4)
  8. Interpret standardized test scores. (CO 3, 4)

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null  Module Activities 

Below is an outline of the items for which you will be responsible throughout the module.

Task Activity Due Date Module Learning Objective Alignment
Read/Watch

Complete the following early in the week.

Read:

  1. Chapter 4 from Kritikos, E. P., McLoughlin, J. A., & Lewis, R. B. (2018). Assessing students with special needs (8th). New York: Pearson.
  2. Chapters 3 & 4 from Hosp, M.K., Hosp, J.L., & Howell, K.W. (2016). The ABCs of CBM: A practical guide to curriculum-based measurement (2nd ed.).  New York: Guilford Press.

Watch:

  1. Normal distribution - explained simply (part 1) 
  2. Normal distribution - explained simply (part 2) 
  3. The normal distribution: Crash course statistics #19
  4. Z-scores and percentiles: Crash course statistics #18 
  5. Reliability of assessments (Intro psych tutorial #116) 
  6. Assessing assessments - Types of validity (Intro psych tutorial #115) 
  7. Standardized Assessment Test Scores, Part 1
  8. Standardized Assessment Test Scores, Part 2
  9. Standardized Assessment Test Scores, Part 3
  10. Grade and Age Equivalents
 Wednesday-Sunday 1-8
Participate
  • Attend the weekly Zoom meeting.
 Thursday 1-8
Discuss
  • Class Discussion: Respond to the discussion prompts and questions by the due dates outlined in the assignment. You should contribute your initial post NLT 23:59 PST on Wednesday. Successful participation in this discussion will be possible after you have completed the Read/Watch tasks described above in this list of Module 1 Activities.
 Wednesday 8
Submit
  • Quiz - Chapter 4 Kritikos et al. textbook: Submit NLT 23:59 PST on Wednesday.
  • Complete the Aimsweb training and submit the certificate of completion NLT 23:59 PST on Sunday.
  • Submit your CBM Chapter 3 Reflection assignment NLT 23:59 PST on Sunday.
  • Submit your CBM Chapter 4 Reflection assignment NLT 23:59 PST on Sunday.
  • Submit your WJ-IV Knowledge Check assignment NLT 23:59 PST on Sunday.
  Wednesday and Sunday 1-8

 

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